Velvet Kisses

[Fallen Rose x Suited Thug | The Untouchable Falls from His Pedestal, and an Older Man Goes Mad for Love]

[Yi Sirong, Wen Xun]

After her family falls from grace, the beloved daughter of the Yi family is forced to marry into the family of their enemy.

The pearl is cast into the dust. Everyone feels sorry for her, but no one expects the young lady, usually so gentle and docile, to flee her wedding in front of everyone.

Aboard the brightly lit ship bound for Haidu, everyone is frantically searching for the missing young lady.

The commotion reaches the luxurious top cabin. With nowhere left to turn, Yi Sirong kneels before the man, trembling like a butterfly with broken wings.

"Please, save me."

Wen Xun is the heir to one of the most powerful families in Hong Kong's business world. His eyes are tender, his features striking, and every gesture exudes refined elegance. Yet his methods are ruthless and cold, his authority absolute.

Dark shadows fall across Wen Xun's brow. He leisurely lights a cigarette and smiles faintly in the glow of its blue flame. "Why me?"

"Because you're a gentleman," she says firmly, lifting her face to look at him. "You're countless times better than the hypocrites outside who trade on their reputations."

The man raises an eyebrow and lowers his cool gaze. It seems almost tangible, pressing down on her. His voice follows, low and husky, almost a whisper:

"If that's so, Miss Yi, why are you so far away from me?"

"Come here. Sit on my lap."

-

The voyage from Hong Kong to Haidu lasts a full seven days, and Yi Sirong spends all seven hiding in Wen Xun's room.

No one aboard dares suspect that the haughty heir to the Wen family, worth hundreds of billions, could be hiding a woman.

When her enemy comes to ask at the door, Yi Sirong is wearing Wen Xun's white shirt, sitting on his lap as he has his way with her.

Wen Xun tightens his arm around her waist and smiles at the person outside. "I haven't seen her."

-

Yi Sirong knows that Wen Xun is powerful and influential, and that an unbridgeable gulf lies between them. She lets him indulge himself and take what he wants, only because she wants him to keep her safe until they reach Haidu. Once they arrive, she will find another way to survive.

The day before they reach shore, the fact that she has been hiding in the heir's cabin is accidentally exposed.

That night, Hong Kong tabloids go wild: #WenFamilyHeirKeepsAWomanHiddenAway#, #TwoPowerfulFamiliesFightOverOneWoman!#

-

Yi Sirong doesn't believe Wen Xun could truly love her, so she escapes in the chaos.

What she doesn't know is that Wen Xun has gone utterly mad searching for her, personally reducing her enemy to dust and ashes.

Later, on a night of pouring rain, she returns to her apartment and sees the man standing downstairs with a black umbrella.

She instinctively tries to run, but Wen Xun forcefully lifts her onto his shoulder and pins her in the deserted stairwell.

"Trying to run again?" His breath brushes her ear. She hears his cold, mocking laugh. "Rongrong, that night you said you loved me. Were you lying to me all along?"

"Run again, and I'll break your legs."

"On their first night, she bewitched him, and the moon and the sea became her accomplices."

"Later, he fell for her at first sight and was more than happy to be her partner in crime."

Theme: Love can heal everything.